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hotfoot
[ hot-foot ]
noun
- a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often followed by it ):
to hotfoot it to the bus stop.
adverb
- with great speed in going; in haste.
hotfoot
/ ˈhɒtˌfʊt /
adverb
- with all possible speed; quickly
verb
- to move quickly
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Example Sentences
A mouthful of this noxious mess and the offender succumbs or hotfoots it to a different plant.
Several hours had elapsed since he had entered hotfoot to see her; and the day was beginning to wane.
Well for the king that they had no change of steeds, but had ridden hotfoot after him from the battlefield.
I have shown merely whither circumstantial evidence leads us when we go hotfoot after a theory.
Guessing what had happened, Operator Green dashed out hotfoot in pursuit.
Returning hotfoot, she found Finn immovable beside the mouth of the cave, a formidable sentry.
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